\Snap"pish\, a.
1. Apt to snap at persons or things; eager to bite; as, a
   snapping cur.
2. Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily
   provoked; tart; peevish.
         The taunting address of a snappish misanthrope.
                                               --Jeffrey.
   -- {Snap"pish*ly}, adv. -- {Snap"pish*ness}, n.